// on the road
May 11, 2026 · Jacob Lake, Arizona
Monk Mode
Fuzzy onesie, coffee at 7, didn't open the van door until 3. New song out. The wheel with spokes: each stop, pour work in, turn again. Route 67 and the North Rim open Friday.
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// music
CHASING THE BUTTER
Four songs. One arc. The dream, the pursuit, the cost, and the moment you realize what time it actually is.
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// interactive
SIGNAL
A word game with hidden information. The Caller sees which words are targets and which are traps. The Finder sees the same grid with no markings. Give clues, make guesses, find all 7 targets before 3 lives run out. Play with a friend or solo against an AI Caller.
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INFINITE STORY MACHINE
Seven worlds of branching fiction, written by the machine and by whoever passes through. A man who collects regrets. An auction house that sells things nobody brought in. Read an existing branch or plant the next one.
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// writing
THE LIBRARY
Essays on intelligence, effort, creativity, and the practice of making things.
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ROADS
Dispatches from the road. Where I am. What it is like.
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The Fire Needs Tending
Consciousness is not a light switch. It is closer to a fire. And what you repeatedly expose your attention to is either tending it or letting it go soft.
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The Integrated Human
Five essays on the inputs that compound. Each one changes the value of every other.
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The Values Are Negotiable. The External Validation Is Not.
On the pattern so common it has become invisible. The values shift. The hunger for approval never does. What integrity actually costs, and who it threatens.
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// video
LAYNG TV
A life in motion, documented. Wild places, physical edges, van roads.
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MAKING THE VIDEO
Make the video today. The content is the practice. Full site at makingthevideo.com.
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// gear
STUFF I LIKE
Gear that earns its space in the van. Cameras, software, vanlife essentials. Amazon affiliate links.
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